Two Week Teen Film Intensive
- is for teens aged 13-16
- July 6th -17th
- M-F, 1pm - 5pm, over two weeks
- 40 hrs, 18 lessons, plus screenings, breaks and hands-on time
Summary:
Today’s media world requires a variety of skills to navigate. The ability to connect and communicate with others using digital tools creates opportunities for work, family, and community service.
The film and television industry is a behemoth, and that doesn’t even include YouTube, online video, industrial video, wedding videos, marketing and social media! All these have career opportunities for someone with storytelling and film production skills, as well as make-up, costumes, set design and building, etc. There are also useful business skills to be had in the realm of production organization, team communications and more.
Full Description:
In this workshop, we will do a deep dive into film making and the basic skills needed throughout the pipeline to produce a short or feature film. Read on for a summary of the lessons and topics we will be covering.
This intensive 40 hour workshop includes 18 lessons, plus screenings, breaks, and hands-on time. For teens who are serious about learning about film and the film industry. We will be touching upon everything from storytelling to storyboarding, cameras to composition, producing and pre-production through production, industry jobs to set skills and etiquette, sound recording, editing, effects, and beyond! Participants will work together on a sample film, plus receive feedback throughout the workshop on their own scripts if they so desire. (Note: We will be shooting only the group project.) The final lesson will cover the business of film, film schools, and how students can continue to learn about film making and expanding their skill sets. Bonus material will cover casting, acting, rehearsals and creating performances!
- Figuring out the Story you want to tell
- Focusing an Idea/Telling a Story
- Thinking Visually - The Language of Film is Visual
- Camera Skills & Lighting/Composing a Shot
- Storyboarding - Communicating Your Ideas
- Creating the Short Script
- Film Jobs - Many Career Options
- The Producer - Creating a Film Start to Finish - What Needs to be Done
- Pre-production Breakdowns - Costumes, Props, Sets and more
- Shooting A Short Film (broken down by department, who does what, when) [aka What the Heck is a Gaffer?]
- Determining the Best Order to Use - Straight Ahead, Full Coverage, or For the Edit
- Scheduling a Film Production - How to Organize the Work that Needs to be Done
- Set Skills & Etiquette - You Must Work as a Team!
- Basics of Sound Recording (Dialogue, Sound Effects, Music)
- Shooting a Take - To Rehearse or not? Review or not? Tracking Takes
- Basics of Video & Sound Editing
- Advanced Editing & ADR
- Transitions & Special Effects
- Business of Film, Film Schools & Expanding Your Skill Set
What you need to prepare to shoot your story as a film
Bonus lesson: Casting, Acting, Rehearsals and Creating Performances
Organizing your production to not waste time
Lights, Camera, Action!
Putting it all together
What do you do with your film and how can you make more!
The workshop is led by DMA staffer Alex Silva-Sadder, and may feature local industry guests (schedules allowing).
Alex has been teaching film and production skills to all ages at DMA for the last 12 years, and has completed numerous professional development courses in various aspects of film production and storytelling, including a 10-day intensive workshop in teaching film education to teens.